coordinate conjunctions

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coordinate conjunctions - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Coordinate \Co*["o]r"di*nate\, a. [Pref. co- + L. ordinatus, p.
     p. of ordinare to regulate. See Ordain.]
     Equal in rank or order; not subordinate.
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           Whether there was one Supreme Governor of the world, or
           many coordinate powers presiding over each country.
                                                    --Law.
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           Conjunctions joint sentences and coordinate terms.
                                                    --Rev. R.
                                                    Morris.
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     Coordinate adjectives, adjectives disconnected as regards
        one another, but referring equally to the same subject.
  
     Coordinate conjunctions, conjunctions joining independent
        propositions. --Rev. R. Morris.
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